rzrwiresunrise:This seems a tad premature, unless they've invented wireless headphones with 15 hrs of play time per charge.

Mine are pretty good.

I just want BT that doesn't cut out when I put my device in my pocket or grab it the wrong way. Until then, I want the option of a headphone jack even though I currently use BT. I want a fallback until the current tech is reliable.

I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me as much as having a non-removable battery. Battery life degrades over time and I'm not the kind of person who buys a new phone every year or two.

I'm still using a Galaxy S5 - if I notice my battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, I can just pop on Amazon and spend $10 and it's like new again. That's impossible with most of the newer phones.

ebell:I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me as much as having a non-removable battery. Battery life degrades over time and I'm not the kind of person who buys a new phone every year or two.

I'm still using a Galaxy S5 - if I notice my battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, I can just pop on Amazon and spend $10 and it's like new again. That's impossible with most of the newer phones.

I like my S5. I recently had it the wrong way in my pocket and leaned on a front wheel spindle and cracked the screen. I went to look at new phones to see if it was worth getting a new one...nope. Curved screens are total shiat since they leave big-handed rough people no place to grab the phone without accidentally touching the screen and doing crap they didn't want to do. Anything of equal spec to an S5 costs more than a new screen. My S5 battery life is still great. Everything about the phone is perfectly good. I'd rather pay $100 for a new screen than $240 for a comparable new phone.

They've done more than copy Apple on the headphone jack, they've copied Apple's whole thing..... Exactly the same on the outside, with only minor upgrades internally. Spec sheets between Pixel and Pixel 2 are almost identical.

trialpha:See, this is exactly why people complain whenever Apple does stupid stuff like this. We can all laugh at Apple screwing their customers, but other companies see them doing it and then cry "us too!".

My Nexus 6P battery is going to die someday. I don't want to buy any of the other phones that have corrupted versions of android / poor update support, so now what?

rooftop235:Well Fark the pixel.I use my headphone jack. Assholes.And bring me back the got damned ir port!I guess I'll not be giving up my HTC m9 for a long time.

hashtag.acronym:rooftop235: Well Fark the pixel.I use my headphone jack. Assholes.And bring me back the got damned ir port!I guess I'll not be giving up my HTC m9 for a long time.

I'll stick with my G3 -- headphone jack, micro sd, ir, and removable battery. I won't buy a new phone if all y'all offer me is downgraded features with a slightly faster CPU and GPU.

ebell:I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me as much as having a non-removable battery. Battery life degrades over time and I'm not the kind of person who buys a new phone every year or two.

I'm still using a Galaxy S5 - if I notice my battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, I can just pop on Amazon and spend $10 and it's like new again. That's impossible with most of the newer phones.

MinkeyMan:trialpha: See, this is exactly why people complain whenever Apple does stupid stuff like this. We can all laugh at Apple screwing their customers, but other companies see them doing it and then cry "us too!".

My Nexus 6P battery is going to die someday. I don't want to buy any of the other phones that have corrupted versions of android / poor update support, so now what?

The Xiaomi A1 may be what you are looking for.

The LG V20 has a Removable Battery, IR Blaster, MicroSD Card Slot, And a headphone jack. Had mine almost a year and am very happy with it.

Now that the V30 is out. (Non-Removable battery, no 2nd screen), the V20 should be pretty cheap, too.

ebell:I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me as much as having a non-removable battery. Battery life degrades over time and I'm not the kind of person who buys a new phone every year or two.

I'm still using a Galaxy S5 - if I notice my battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, I can just pop on Amazon and spend $10 and it's like new again. That's impossible with most of the newer phones.

Always want removable batteries for that reason, but also because sometimes pulling the battery is the best way to get out of a locked up phone.

But found a new reason this week... The wife's phone is just not charging, you have to put the cables in just right, and lock the thing in a seismologically isolated room that nobody's allowed to enter, or the damn cable gets bumped. By simply opening the back and adding a card, I was able to make her phone capable of wireless charging. Without a removable battery, there would be no reason to remove the back, so I wouldn't have been able to do that. But by being able to buy all of that equipment after market, I saved a shiat ton of money, so it's better than paying for that capability up front.

hybrid.divide:rooftop235: Well Fark the pixel.I use my headphone jack. Assholes.And bring me back the got damned ir port!I guess I'll not be giving up my HTC m9 for a long time.

hashtag.acronym: rooftop235: Well Fark the pixel.I use my headphone jack. Assholes.And bring me back the got damned ir port!I guess I'll not be giving up my HTC m9 for a long time.

I'll stick with my G3 -- headphone jack, micro sd, ir, and removable battery. I won't buy a new phone if all y'all offer me is downgraded features with a slightly faster CPU and GPU.

ebell: I don't like it, but it doesn't bother me as much as having a non-removable battery. Battery life degrades over time and I'm not the kind of person who buys a new phone every year or two.

I'm still using a Galaxy S5 - if I notice my battery isn't lasting as long as it used to, I can just pop on Amazon and spend $10 and it's like new again. That's impossible with most of the newer phones.

MinkeyMan: trialpha: See, this is exactly why people complain whenever Apple does stupid stuff like this. We can all laugh at Apple screwing their customers, but other companies see them doing it and then cry "us too!".

My Nexus 6P battery is going to die someday. I don't want to buy any of the other phones that have corrupted versions of android / poor update support, so now what?

The Xiaomi A1 may be what you are looking for.

The LG V20 has a Removable Battery, IR Blaster, MicroSD Card Slot, And a headphone jack. Had mine almost a year and am very happy with it.

Now that the V30 is out. (Non-Removable battery, no 2nd screen), the V20 should be pretty cheap, too.

Good. I have the V10 and absolutely love it. With the new one out, and the wife needing a new phone, i now have two options. :-)

I'll stick with my G3 -- headphone jack, micro sd, ir, and removable battery. I won't buy a new phone if all y'all offer me is downgraded features with a slightly faster CPU and GPU.

The LG V20 is the last phone from LG with all those features. They're still being sold as new devices though they're a model year old. I'm a huge fan of LG because those G and V series devices prior to 2017 models are incredibly easy to work on. They'll also fix boot looping phones outside the warranty period, for the person who is invariably going to bring that up. The V20 can also run LineageOS and has a current ROM for Android O, which suggests that it will continue to work and get updates for the next few years.

Grand_Moff_Joseph:Google: See, we can remove basic functionality from our hardware and then sell it back to the customer at a huge markup too!

Android users: Yes. And we can continue using Samsung phones too.

Yeah... I had a Galaxy Nexus and have a Tab Pro. I would rather buy i-products than deal with Samsung's garbage batteries, and finicky hardware ever again. Plus it's been a while since I've had to mess with mods, but with Cyanogen gone I wouldn't even know where to start to replace Samsung's garbage UI with stock.

Sadly, my nexus 6 is now pushing 3 years old and while it's still running great, it is time for a replacement. I will be purchasing a pixel 2xl and will miss the headphone jack. Removing it a stupid decision.

trialpha:See, this is exactly why people complain whenever Apple does stupid stuff like this. We can all laugh at Apple screwing their customers, but other companies see them doing it and then cry "us too!".

My Nexus 6P battery is going to die someday. I don't want to buy any of the other phones that have corrupted versions of android / poor update support, so now what?

I've just replaced the battery in my 6p tonight because it kept dying at 15%. Man what a pain in the arse that was.

I wanted a Pixel, but now I don't know what to get, I have a rather nice pair of earbuds that I paid a decent amount for, so I refuse to go bluetooth.

trialpha:See, this is exactly why people complain whenever Apple does stupid stuff like this. We can all laugh at Apple screwing their customers, but other companies see them doing it and then cry "us too!".

My Nexus 6P battery is going to die someday. I don't want to buy any of the other phones that have corrupted versions of android / poor update support, so now what?

Go to ifixit.com and learn how to replace the battery.I'm on the original battery on my Nexus 6.

dirkfunk:Grand_Moff_Joseph: Google: See, we can remove basic functionality from our hardware and then sell it back to the customer at a huge markup too!

Android users: Yes. And we can continue using Samsung phones too.

Yeah... I had a Galaxy Nexus and have a Tab Pro. I would rather buy i-products than deal with Samsung's garbage batteries, and finicky hardware ever again. Plus it's been a while since I've had to mess with mods, but with Cyanogen gone I wouldn't even know where to start to replace Samsung's garbage UI with stock.

Sadly, my nexus 6 is now pushing 3 years old and while it's still running great, it is time for a replacement. I will be purchasing a pixel 2xl and will miss the headphone jack. Removing it a stupid decision.

I can't stand the Samsung weirdness so I went from my Samsung Galaxy Pro Tab 12.2 with a permanently dead battery - even after being replaced - to a couple of Google Nexus 9s. At least one of those is hanging with bit rot.

I loved the pure Google experience on my Nexus 5 but had to replace it with a Nexus 6 after it went through the snowblower (! I think it could still work)

I ordered the Pixel 2XL128GB during the event and also will pass my Nexus 6 on. I'll mostly miss wireless charging.

I'm glad I get to try a Google Home Mini for "free" with the purchase. If it's more open for tying into my home automation I may shed my Amazon Echo investment.

Meh, it comes with an adapter for the rare occasions I'm not on bluetooth. But I've used bluetooth headphones almost exclusively for awhile now, especially when running/working out. Just a lot easier to not have a cord to contend with.

I went for the Pixel 2 (non xl) 64GB to replace my Nexus 6. Don't need that much storage cause I'm almost always on WiFi and I have plenty of data that rolls over. And I'm kind of done with big 6" phones. I like the 6, but it is starting to show it's age and it's too damn big.

scanman61:Russ1642: I have a Nexus 5x and would buy again from Google but this is a dealbreaker.

Same here....

Ditto. Looks like I'm going to be getting a OnePlus 5. Nothing revolutionary but a solid near vanilla Android phone at a price point closer to the original Nexus phones (at least the later generation Nexus phones).

netringer:Go to ifixit.com and learn how to replace the battery.I'm on the original battery on my Nexus 6.

There's two problems here:

1) The Nexus 6p has a repairability rating of 2/10. It's a mess of glue.2) Even if it was easy to fix, getting replacement batteries will be difficult. The manufacturer stops making them with the phone, so by the time the original battery dies, all you'll be able to find are sketchy third party ones. That's what happened with my Nexus 4 - sketchy third-party replacement battery was junk.